Weaver hires first CFO; Marks Paneth and Friedman expand partnership; and more personnel news.

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CTCPA recognizes Distinguished Service and Women to Watch honorees; Mize Houser rebrands; and more CPA news.

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Baker Tilly Virchow Krause holds its third nonprofit “Wishes” campaign; and Xero seeks three U.S. students for its $30K Forward Fund.

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As an accounting professional, you know there are potential tax-related upsides and downsides for every type of business entity. It’s important to communicate those considerations to your clients to help guide them as they decide which legal business structure to form for their company. In addition to your insight, of course, your clients should also […]

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The Internal Revenue Service is giving financial institutions a break when it comes to notifying owners of individual retirement accounts about taking their required minimum distributions after a new law increased the age for taking RMDs from 70½ to 72. The SECURE Act was signed into law last month and includes a number of changes […]

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Avalara has added 17 new certified integrations to accounting, enterprise resource planning, e-commerce, point-of-sale, mobile commerce and customer relationship management software applications. Aptean Intuitive ERP is an enterprise resource planning solution designed for manufacturers in repetitive, high-mix production environments and regulated industries like electronics, medical devices and aerospace. Bolt is a checkout app for online […]

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BDO USA LLP has united several of its technology consulting practices under a new BDO Digital business. The new digital advisory business is focusing on services such as data governance, cybersecurity, data privacy, data analytics, IT outsourcing, application development, cloud deployment, IT managed services and a variety of others, according to Stephanie Giammarco, a partner […]

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Carr, Riggs Ingram has merged in Crabtree, Rowe Berger; and EisnerAmper has added Horvath Giacin.

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The U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands undertook a global day of action to stem offshore tax evasion this week. The action was part of investigations into a financial institution in Central America whose products and services are believed to be facilitating money laundering and tax evasion worldwide. The “day of action” […]

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Perfect mess; package deal; bad medicine; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Gulfport, Mississippi: Former preparer Alvin Mays has pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false returns. Mays owned and operated City Tax Service and from 2012 through 2017 prepared and trained employees to prepare false returns. To fraudulently inflate […]

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